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(42488) 1991 RN17

Summary

(42488) 1991 RN17 is an asteroid[1].

Key Facts

  • (42488) 1991 RN17 is credited with the discovery of Henry E. Holt[2].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Palomar Observatory[4].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's follows is recorded as 42487 Ångström[5].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's followed by is recorded as (42489) 1991 RL18[6].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[7].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[8].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's provisional designation is recorded as 1991 RN17[9].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's provisional designation is recorded as 2000 CP45[10].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1991-09-11T00:00:00Z[11].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h54drx[12].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20042488[13].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.2291147168085686'}[14].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+15.07'}[15].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+9.609444962043842'}[16].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+1310.219473574758'}[17].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+177.1085068514493'}[18].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.343313612653456'}[19].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+2.880201247410216'}[20].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1811', 'amount': '+1.806425977896696'}[21].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+198.8185354639319'}[22].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's mean anomaly is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+174.7367572878077'}[23].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q828224', 'amount': '+3.612'}[24].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's albedo is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.076'}[25].
  • (42488) 1991 RN17's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MinorPlanet", "MinorPlanet42488Provisional1991RN17"][26].

Body

Designation and Status

(42488) 1991 RN17's instance of is recorded as asteroid[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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